diff --git a/code/game/objects/items/tools/crowbar.dm b/code/game/objects/items/tools/crowbar.dm
index 9081277ad94..a9269aa6436 100644
--- a/code/game/objects/items/tools/crowbar.dm
+++ b/code/game/objects/items/tools/crowbar.dm
@@ -90,6 +90,10 @@
 	custom_materials = list(/datum/material/wood=SMALL_MATERIAL_AMOUNT*0.5, /datum/material/iron=SMALL_MATERIAL_AMOUNT*0.7)
 	wound_bonus = 35
 
+/obj/item/crowbar/hammer/Initialize(mapload)
+	. = ..()
+	AddElement(/datum/element/kneejerk)
+
 /obj/item/crowbar/large/twenty_force //from space ruin
 	name = "heavy crowbar"
 	desc = "It's a big crowbar. It doesn't fit in your pockets, because it's big. It feels oddly heavy.."
diff --git a/code/game/objects/items/weaponry.dm b/code/game/objects/items/weaponry.dm
index af768e31f1c..ddfb0d07912 100644
--- a/code/game/objects/items/weaponry.dm
+++ b/code/game/objects/items/weaponry.dm
@@ -474,6 +474,7 @@ for further reading, please see: https://github.com/tgstation/tgstation/pull/301
 
 /obj/item/carpenter_hammer/Initialize(mapload)
 	. = ..()
+	AddElement(/datum/element/kneejerk)
 	AddComponent(/datum/component/item_killsound, \
 	allowed_mobs = list(/mob/living/carbon/human), \
 	killsound = 'sound/items/weapons/hammer_death_scream.ogg', \